by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Some of my more popular posts have to do with something pretty ordinary and (unfortunately) boring … process. Everyone’s process for writing and publishing books is different. Maybe [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This is my third post on pre-orders. As you might remember, I wasn’t much of a fan of them when I tried them (over much of 2016). This [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Sometimes I think that we need something to spur us on and get us going. We need something different to help us either grow or keep ourselves engaged. [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Just a year or two ago, I had so much that I was trying to multi-task that I got easily overwhelmed. What’s more, I felt really scattered. There were [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve now written several books in two different series where I took my series characters on the road. There were a few different reasons I wanted to do [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Sometimes there is so much promo-related stuff to do that it can seem overwhelming. And, once we actually feel as if we get a handle on everything, that’s [...]
By Sarah Juckes, @sarahannjuckes What makes a bestselling book? And how can you, as a writer, ensure that your book is the very best it can be? The answer will differ from genre [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Here’s an update on promo approaches, platforms, etc. that I’ve been working with. Not only does this type of post help me assess what’s working, hopefully you might [...]
by Mike Fleming, @Hiveword Ah, mysteries. Who doesn’t love a good one? Elizabeth does. Have you noticed the mysterious codes in her recent tweets? This one, for example: How to create romantic couples [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig It’s Halloween, the perfect time to mull over fear. I read a lot of really scary stuff online. None of it has to do with monsters, either. There [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Parenting and writing. It can be a challenging combination … or can it? A lot depends on the child/teen in question, the parent’s schedule and non-child stressors, and [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I used to feel like the sole, income-focused writer in any group I was in. I was the one on any panel hesitantly bringing up ways that writers could make [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig In the past month, I’ve had three writers reach out to me. They were all writing mysteries for the first time. They asked me about outlining with arcs [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There’s a lot to think about and remember for so many different aspects of book production and book release. I recently shared my checklist for releasing a book. [...]
By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy Foreshadowing might seem like a technique that applies mostly to mystery writers, but all stories rely on the classic “what might happen next?” question. Even in a romance, there [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Whenever I talk to anyone about my writing, the question usually comes up: would I like to try writing anything other than mystery? Then I explain that I [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Wednesday I drove to Flat Rock, North Carolina, to speak with a book club. It was a great event and the group asked some very interesting questions. One [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Usually I think of summer as a lazier time when I can leisurely get peripheral writing-related chores completed. I’d put all kinds of things on my calendar to do this [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve found that, bottom-line, readers are still interested in purchasing and reading books in print. My print income remains a stable monthly source of revenue. If there is [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig As I wrote in this post in April 2015 (a post which landed me immediately on a couple of different podcasts to elaborate), I have not been much of a [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Writers read a lot about the importance of our author newsletter. Industry expert Jane Friedman explains it well in her post “Email Newsletters for Authors: Get Started [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig It used to annoy me when I’d read about how important it was to offer a free book to readers for newsletter signups or as rewards for newsletter [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I mentioned last week that I enjoy hearing other writers’ book-writing processes. I share a variety of writing-craft tips on Twitter because although something may not be [...]
by Jason Kong, @storyrally If you’re wondering whether not charging for selected stories is benefiting your promotional campaign, you’re not alone. With all the free writing flooding the internet, it’s harder to stand [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web. Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig What makes a solid mystery? What is it about murder mysteries that draws readers to the genre? How good are mystery writers at picking out the killer as [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig This is the second time I’ve gotten the rights to my characters back from a publisher and taken a trad-published series to self-pub. The last time I did [...]
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